1963 German Grand Prix

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1963 German Grand Prix
Race details
Date August 4, 1963
Official name XXV Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Location Nürburgring
Nürburg, West Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 22.810 km (14.173 miles)
Distance 15 laps, 342.150 km (212.602 miles)
Weather Warm, dry and sunny, 21C.
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 8:45.8
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari
Time 8:47.0 on lap 9
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Lotus-Climax
Third BRM
Lap leaders

The 1963 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on August 4, 1963. It was race 6 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 15-lap race was won by Ferrari driver John Surtees after he started from second position. Jim Clark finished second for the Lotus team and BRM driver Richie Ginther came in third.

Race report[edit]

Jim Clark led away from pole in his customary fashion. Behind him Lorenzo Bandini spun in front of Innes Ireland who collected him, Willy Mairesse had an accident, and Chris Amon sustained a knee injury when the steering broke, catapulting him into the trees. Graham Hill retired leaving Clark to battle away with John Surtees and Trevor Taylor before engine problems befell Taylor. When Clark's engine went down to just 7 cylinders, Surtees was able to pass him easily to lead him home to take his first F1 victory. Richie Ginther completed the podium. Gerhard Mitter finished in a superb fourth place in his home race from Jim Hall and Jo Bonnier.

This race was notable for being the only time Jim Clark ever finished second in a World Championship race, as well the only race of the season won by a non-British team.

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Qualifying times Gap
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 3 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 9:02.0 9:44.0 8:45.8
2 7 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 8:53.7 9:46.6 8:53.4 +7.6
3 15 Italy Lorenzo Bandini BRM 8:59.3 10:28.0 8:54.3 +8.5
4 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 9:11.8 10:13.8 8:57.2 +11.4
5 5 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 10:01.5 10:09.9 8:57.3 +11.5
6 2 United States Richie Ginther BRM 9:02.8 9:55.0 Unknown +17.0
7 8 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 9:05.5 10:41.2 9:03.5 +17.7
8 9 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 9:04.2 11:17.8 Unknown +18.4
9 18 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 9:23.3 9:59.3 9:11.1 +25.3
10 6 South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 9:45.0 10:04.4 9:11.6 +25.8
11 14 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 9:48.1 10:37.9 9:14.6 +28.8
12 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 9:24.3 9:58.6 9:16.0 +30.2
13 10 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 9:38.2 10:41.4 9:17.2 +31.4
14 21 New Zealand Chris Amon Lola-Climax No time No time 9:20.1 +34.3
15 26 West Germany Gerhard Mitter Porsche 9:34.8 10:58.8 9:20.9 +35.1
16 20 United States Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 9:50.1 11:19.0 9:22.7 +36.9
17 17 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 9:34.9 10:21.5 9:25.1 +39.3
18 4 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 9:33.8 10:34.2 Unknown +48.0
19 24 United Kingdom Ian Burgess Scirocco-BRM No time No time 9:52.2 +1:06.4
20 22 Portugal Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Climax 14:20.3 No time 9:53.1 +1:07.3
21 28 France Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax 10:11.4 No time 10:01.0 +1:15.2
22 23 United States Tony Settember Scirocco-BRM No time No time 10:02.0 +1:16.2
23 29 Belgium André Pilette Lotus-Climax 11:16.9 11:20.1 10:20.0 +1:34.2
24 25 United Kingdom Ian Raby Gilby-BRM 10:44.7 11:37.1 Unknown +1:58.9
25 30 United Kingdom Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 11:07.2 12:02.2 No time +2:21.4
26 27 West Germany Kurt Kuhnke Lotus-Borgward 14:48.1 12:53.1 11:23.5 +2:37.7
Source:[1]

Race[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 15 2:13:06.8 2 9
2 3 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 15 + 1:17.5 1 6
3 2 United States Richie Ginther BRM 15 + 2:44.9 6 4
4 26 West Germany Gerhard Mitter Porsche 15 + 8:11.5 15 3
5 20 United States Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 14 + 1 lap 16 2
6 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 14 + 1 lap 12 1
7 9 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 14 + 1 lap 8
8 4 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 14 + 1 lap 18
9 18 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 10 Differential 9
10 28 France Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax 10 + 5 laps 21
Ret 17 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 9 Wheel 17
Ret 6 South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 7 Engine 10
Ret 10 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 6 Gearbox 13
Ret 22 Portugal Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Climax 6 Gearbox 20
Ret 24 United Kingdom Ian Burgess Scirocco-BRM 5 Steering 19
Ret 23 United States Tony Settember Scirocco-BRM 5 Accident 22
Ret 5 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 3 Accident 5
Ret 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 2 Gearbox 4
Ret 21 New Zealand Chris Amon Lola-Climax 1 Accident 14
Ret 8 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 1 Accident 7
Ret 14 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 1 Accident 11
Ret 15 Italy Lorenzo Bandini BRM 0 Accident 3
DNQ 29 Belgium André Pilette Lotus-Climax
DNQ 25 United Kingdom Ian Raby Gilby-BRM
DNQ 30 United Kingdom Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax
DNQ 27 West Germany Kurt Kuhnke Lotus-Borgward
WD 11 United States Phil Hill ATS Car damaged in transit
WD 12 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti ATS Car damaged in transit
WD 19 United States Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM Car not ready
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1963 German GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ "1963 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Germany 1963 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.


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